Staging Water Rites D. Soyini Madison, Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University, argues water is a human right and examines "acts of activism" by water democracy advocates in Ghana, West Africa and their struggle to protect public water systems from corporate privatization.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: What have they brought us? What does it mean? On May 20, Disney will release "On Stranger Tides," the fourth film in its highly successful "Pirates..." series.
The films aren't just escapist entertainment. In this lecture, Roger Rouse, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of History, presents his argument that the films actually hijack complex histories of rebel piracy to incite conformity to corporate visions of life, labor and the world at large.
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Emerging Social Sector Leader Paula Tenaglia Paula Tenaglia of Action Against Hunger participates in the 2011 American Express Leadership Academy at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.Author(s): No creator set

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This Week @Minnesota: Forester's Day, Amplatz Children's Hosptial and Fareed Zakaria In "This Week @Minnesota" for April 25-30, 2011, we partake in timbersports with the U's Forestry Club, recognize the opening of the new Amplatz Children's Hospital and sit in on a lecture by noted author and CNN contributor Fareed Zakaria.
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Faculty Panel - SAIS 2011 Open House for Admitted Students Open House allows newly admitted applicants to immerse themselves in life at SAIS. You'll have the opportunity to find out what the SAIS experience is all about - from current students, alumni, faculty and staff. The SAIS Open House programs include forums on student life, faculty panels, a department lunch, student activities forum, Question & Answer sessions on the SAIS Bologna and Nanjing campuses, and much more.Author(s): No creator set

Kate Johnson, Class of 2013 Kate Johnson, an accounting and music major from Florida, shares her experience as a Notre Dame student.
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Benefits of Electronic Medical Records Corey Angst, Assistant Professor of Management in the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, is expert on health information technology. He conducts research on the transformational effect of IT, technology usage and IT value. He is a proponent of national digitization of health record information and believes electronic medical records (EMRs) would standardize processes, increase efficiencies and greatly diminish the potential for medical errors.Author(s): No creator set

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Illustrations and architecture Today, as the James A. and Louise F. Nolen Assistant Professor of Architecture, Gorski indulges his passion for art by teaching architecture students how to combine traditional illustration techniques with digital techniques to produce compelling architectural designs.Author(s): No creator set

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Trunk A zookeeper in Portland, Ore., bonds with his elephant in a most artistic way. The student film was the winner of the 2010 U.S. International Film and Video Festival Student Award, and was filmed by Alex Wheeler and Mark Lyons. The students are from the University of Notre Dame's Department of Film, Television, and Theatre undergraduate production program.
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MSU honorary degree recipient Baldemar Velasquez, Spring 2011 Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, received an honorary doctorate of humanities—at MSU's spring commencement 2011—for his efforts to improve the work conditions and lives of farm workers. Here, he talks with University Relations about his advice for graduates.Author(s): No creator set

Faith in the U.S. Military-Strategy Conference Panel How does the role of faith in the U.S. military differ from its role in American society? Is the current exercise of faith in the military appropriate?
Panelists Chaplain (COL) Kenneth Bush, USA Chaplain School; Mr. Mikey Weinstein, Military Religious Freedom Foundation; Mr. Robert W. "Skip" Ash, American Center for Law and Justice and moderator: Chaplain (COL) David Reese, discuss faith in the U.S. military as part of the USAWC Strategy Conference.
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Societal and Military Role Expectations- Strategy Conference Panelists Lt. Col. David Lyle, Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis; Dr. George Rutherford, Institute for Global Health; Dr. Joseph Sabia, U.S. Military Academy, discuss Societal and Military Role Expectations as part of the USAWC Strategy Conference.
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Lt. Gen John Sterling- Closing Keynote Lt. Gen. John Sterling, deputy commander of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, led a discussion about the Army as a profession during a keynote address during the Army War College Strategy Conference, "American Society and its Profession of Arms."
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Rubinstein on Game Theory and Behavioral Economics Ariel Rubinstein of Tel Aviv University and New York University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of game theory and behavioral economics, two of the most influential areas of economics in recent years. Drawing on his Afterword for the 60th anniversary edition of Von Neumann and Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, Rubinstein argues that game theory's successes have been quite limited. Rubinstein, himself a game theorist, argues that game theory is unable to yAuthor(s): No creator set

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3. Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition Moral Foundations of Politics (PLSC 118)
Before exploring the three Enlightenment traditions in particular, Professor Shapiro examines the Enlightenment holistically, using John Locke as the foundation for the discussion. The first tenet of the Enlightenment is a commitment to science as a way of ordering politics, and Professor Shapiro introduces the Cartesian philosophy of science and segues into an elucidation of the workmanship ideal, a central feature of Enlightenment thinking. Corollary tAuthor(s): No creator set

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4. Origins of Classical Utilitarianism Moral Foundations of Politics (PLSC 118)
Jeremy Bentham's formulation of classical utilitarianism is the first Enlightenment tradition that the course will cover in depth. In his Principles of Morals and Legislation, Bentham outlines the principle of utility; that is, the principle that all men are pleasure-seeking and pain-avoiding. Professor Shapiro presents the case that classical utilitarianism has five characteristics: (1) it is comprehensive and deterministic, (2) it is a pre-Darwinian naAuthor(s): No creator set